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INDEX
Abandoned buildings, illustration of, 63, 74
Abourezk, Charlie, 16, 22, 40, 47, 56
Abourezk, James, 16
Abuse, 200, 218
corporate, 226–227
drug, 100, 149, 154, 158, 204
physical, 5, 6, 180, 220
sexual, 5, 6, 7, 180, 187, 197, 222
verbal, 5, 180, 220
Adbusters (magazine), 245
Addiction, 68
drug, 99, 102, 149, 154, 156–157, 158
Agent Orange, 45
Agriculture, 21, 205–206
death rate in, 180
labor vio
lations in, 205
Ahold, 206
AIG, 247
AIM. See American Indian Movement
Al-Awlaki, Anwar: assassination of, 240, 263
Alcohol, 2, 7, 8, 68, 100, 179
sales of, 3
Alcoholics Anonymous, 8
Alcoholism, 3, 4, 5, 6, 53, 200
Alex’s Bakery and Food Store, 62
Ali, Ben, 242
Alpheus Preparation Plant, illustration of, 131
American history, Native history and, 40–41
American Indian Movement (AIM), 16, 18, 20, 40, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 56
Ana (migrant worker)
illustration of, 208
story of, 208–217 (illus.)
Anatomy of a Revolution (Brinton), 230–231
And For The Sake of the Kids PAC, 168
Andrews, Will, 38
illustration of, 39
Anthony, Scott, 9
Appalachians
blasting in, 116, 118
destruction of, 128–130, 152
formation of, 143–144
Apple Inc., 69, 72
Arendt, Hannah, 269, 270
Arrowhead Inn, 3
Asbed, Greg, 204, 218
Ash, Timothy Garton, 244
Auden, W. H.: on culture/woods, 130
Authorization to Use Military Force (2001), 263
Avrich, Paul, 232
Badlands, 16, 22, 23
Bahn, Paul, 151
Bakunin, Mikhail, 232, 252–253
Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, 173
“Ballad of a Thin Man” (Dylan), 237
Balzano, Joe
illustration of, 78
story of, 78–87 (illus.)
Bank of America, 129
Bankruptcy, 69, 88, 204, 237, 239, 265
Banks, Dennis, 48, 50
Banks, Lorenzo “Jamaica,” 65–68
illustration of, 66
Baraka, Amiri, 65
Battle of Blair Mountain, evidence of, 174 (illus.)
Beer, sales of, 2, 3
Bellecourt, Clyde, 48, 50
Benitez, Lucas, 218–221
illustration of, 219
Benito, Miguel, 77–78
Benjamin, Brent, 168
Bennett, John, 90
Bennet County, poverty in, 21
Benson, Dee, 260
Berlin Wall, 228
BIA. See Bureau of Indian Affairs
Big Coal, enemies of, 119
Big Crow, Lloydelle, 16, 17
Birth defects, 120, 183
Bissonette, Pedro, 50
Black Bloc anarchists, 262
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk), 1, 56
Black Hills, gold in, 9, 23
Black lung disease, 153, 159, 171, 174–175
Blacklisting, 187, 201, 210, 230
Blair Mountain, 17, 152, 174
civil uprising at, 173
Blake, William, 112
Blankenship, Don: indifference of, 166, 168
Blankfein, Lloyd, 233
Bloods, 62, 64, 73
Bloomberg, Michael: Occupy protests and, 233
Boehner, John: pipeline and, 129
Bonds, Judy, 174
Boone County, 148, 159
Boycotts, 207, 221, 227
Boyle, Tony: criticism of, 170, 171
Bozeman Trail, 23
Brave New World (Huxley), 239
Brewer, Duane, 48, 51, 52
poem by, 53
on Wounded Knee, 50
Brinigar, William, 161
Brinton, Crane, 230–231
Brushy Fork Slurry Impoundment, 128
Bryant, Wayne R.: recovery and, 88
Buff, I. E.: challenge by, 172
Buffalo, 13, 54
Buffalo Creek disaster, 144–145
Buffalo Soldiers, 46
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 16, 46, 50, 52
Bureau of Land Management, 260
Burger King, 182, 207, 256
Burlington County Democratic Party, 89
Burlington County Institute of Technology, 64
Burning Season, The (Mendes), 205
Bush, George W., 240
Buswell-Robinson, Cheryl, 46
Camden, New Jersey, 62, 72, 132, 227
bankruptcy of, 88
decline of, 72–73, 75–76, 77
described, 65
drug dealing in, 97
homeless in, 68
illustration of, 63, 66–67, 70–71, 74, 98
poverty in, 88
redevelopment of, 95
riots in, 75, 101
scrap metal in, 97–98, 99
story of, 78–87 (illus.)
Camden City Council, 72
Camden County Democratic Party, 92
Leaders Fund and, 93
Camden Courier-Post, 75, 91
Camp, Walter M., 8
Campaign for Fair Food, 221
Campbell, Joseph, 73
Campbell Soup Company, 73
Canterberry, Pauline, 161, 162, 165
illustration of, 163
on poverty/sickness, 166
Capitalism, 10, 168, 194, 237
corporate, 266, 269
Car wrecks, 4, 6, 16
Carter, Shatara “Feisty,” 64
Caruso, Enrico, 75
Caucuses, 256, 260
Caudill, Harry M., 153
Ceauşescu, Elena, 241
Ceauşescu, Nicolae, 241–242
Chambers, Ed: assassination of, 173
Charter 08: 244
Charter 77: 244
Cherokee population, death of, 12
Chevron, 129
Chicago Municipal Code, 264
Child labor laws, 199
Chile Caliente, 197
Christianity, 55, 102
Christie, Chris, 90
CIA, 264
Civil disobedience, 16, 109, 260, 266
Civil liberties, 238, 239, 263
Civil rights movement, 46, 65
Civil War, 11, 195
CIW. See Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Clark, Ben, 8, 9
Clearwater, Frank: death of, 46
Clinton, Bill: agrobusiness and, 203–204
Coal camps, 130, 160
Coal companies, 159, 170, 172, 266
blasting by, 116
control by, 121, 128, 148–149, 152, 174
digging by, 122
health/safety/environmental issues and, 120, 165, 172
politics and, 165
problems with, 117, 118, 173
Coal dust, problems with, 148, 159, 162, 164, 170, 172
Coal mining, 144, 156, 162
carcinogens from, 148
drop in, 144
exhaustion of, 130
impact of, 117, 118–120, 128, 166
Coal towns, decline of, 151–152
Coal trucks, 148, 164
illustration of, 167
Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), 182, 187, 199, 203, 204, 206, 207, 218, 220–222
Coler, Jack R., 20, 51
Collier County, 203
Collier County Sheriff’s Department, 179, 197, 202
Commerce Bank of Toronto-Dominion Bank, Norcross and, 91
Communist Party, 230, 240, 241
Complaint Investigation and Resolution Process, 222
Cone, James, 102
Conner Strong & Buckelew, 88
Connor, “Bull,” 263
Convict labor, 64, 196
Cooper Medical School, 91
Cooper University Hospital, 91, 94
Cordero, Angel: on Norcross, 94
Coriolanus (Shakespeare), 267
Cornu, Sharon, 242
Corporate culture, 238, 242, 267, 269
Corporate personhood, ending, 253
Corporate power, 236, 237, 238, 242
Corporate state, 233–234, 244, 263
decay of, 232
suffering/rage of, 237
Corporations, 264
assault by, 174
more and, 265
workers and, 219–220
Corruption, 72–73, 90, 229, 230, 240–241
Coyotes, smuggling by, 187
Crazy Horse, 16, 24
death of, 41, 43, 44
resistance by, 13, 41
Crazy Horse Memorial Highway, 41
Crazy Horse Ride, 41, 43–44
illustration of, 42–43
Crew leaders, 187, 199, 210
Crips gang, 64
Cross and the Lynching Tree, The (Cone), 102
Crow Dog, Leonard, 47–48, 52, 56
illustration of, 47
Crum, Matt, 164
Culture, 4, 46, 130, 239, 255, 256
corporate, 238, 242, 267, 269
dominant, 40
Custer, George Armstrong, 8, 9, 10, 11, 23, 41
D&S Pioneer Service, 3
Daniels, Destry, 133
Davis, Lallois (Lolly), 102–103
on poor, 101
story of, 103–108 (illus.)
Dawes, Henry, 12
Dawes Severalty Act, 12
Debs, Eugene V., 160
Debt peonage, 197, 198, 200
DeChristopher, Tim, 260, 261–262
Democracy, 1, 239, 251
crushing, 230
graft and, 90
participatory, 235
unions and, 159
Democracy Incorporated (Wolin), 238
Democratic National Committee, 129
Democratic Party, 170, 267
DEP. See West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Social Services, 6
Deportations, 223, 227
DeSersa, Byron, 16
Developing Nations, The (Gamer), 38
Dienstbier, Jiří, 230
Dimon, Jamie, 233
Disability, 153, 157
Division of Air Quality, coal dust and, 162
Division of Criminal Justice, 89
Doria, Joe, 89
Douglass, Frederick: on struggle/progress, 160
Doyle, Michael, 76, 109
Heart of Camden project and, 102
on poverty, 110–111
on Virgilio, 112–113
Drug abuse, 99, 100, 102, 149, 154, 156–157, 158, 204
Drug trade, 8, 68, 73, 97, 102, 132, 154, 158
Due process, denial of, 263
Dumpeadores, 186–187
Dust containment dome, illustration of, 165
Dylan, Bob, 237
East German government, 227
dialogue with, 228–229
Easter Island, 150, 151
Easter Island, Earth Island (Bahn and Flenley), 151
Economic collapse, 151, 185, 231
Ecosystem, 245, 265, 266
destruction of, 237, 242, 260
Edgar (Guatemalan), 221
Education, 239
disemboweling, 265